astral Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 In the old days it was easy for a blind person to insert a cassette tape and start playing it. Then stop and restart where they left off, next time I am looking for a way to play audio books on a tablet so that a partially sighted old man can manage on his own He has macular degeneration, and is legally blind but retains some peripheral vision I can get books for him from the internet, but the player part is stumping me Any suggestions He already has an IPad in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired2 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 You should E Mail the National Federation of the Blind or The American Council of the Blind. Google them. They should be able to offer suggestions from people who deal with this sort of thing every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8769 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 You can still use cassettes, they still make 'em. Perhaps the best is to use Google Microsoft or Samsung S voice. He can say "Play audio Huckleberry fin" and it'll play On a Samsung phone this can be activated by pressing the main key - or try an HTC One M8, which has amazing speakers. If he's blind he can find these keys or the Apple key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rv Hawee Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Like t8769 just suggest it to you.... use the voice command. I heard that the apple's one, SIRI ?, is pretty good. You may have to set itt up for him, install several audio book, make sure the ordrer are recognize then after he can do it alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Can't say I've tried it, but Project RAY seems promising: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ray.applicationstore Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I wonder if a CD will re-commence playing from where it was last halted? This happens with movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 @Retired2 Thanks I will follow up on that suggestion Not sure how I would record cassette tapes from my computer without a lot of fiddle I downloaded Project Ray on my phone, but it does not really seem to work even for me a sighted person We don't really want to buy new hardware so the dedicated phone is not on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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